Operation Torch, November SBD Dauntless planes from USS Ranger en route to invade French North Africa. A Navy scout bomber flies on anti-submarine patrol. Official U. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

F4U. Rockets have attained paramount importance in World War II as probably the outstanding scientific contribution to the art of war-making since the advent of the plane and tank. Both Allied and Axis powers developed rocket type weapons. Comet-like in the wake of flame they throw off, another pair of self-propelled missiles spurt from the plane. Photograph received August 27, 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

RAF Hawker Hurricanes and ready for take-off at Hawkinge Airport in Kent, during World War II, July

Fortress “Miss Donna Mae II” of the US Bomb Group drifted under another bomber on a bomb run over Berlin, 19 May A lb bomb from above tore off the left stabilizer and sent the plane into an uncontrollable spin. All 11 were killed. (US National Archives)